1848.J 



THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNTAL, 



33i 



The only returns are the following : — 



Tona. 

 1844. 



Tons. 

 18 tj. 



Tons. 

 1846. 

 •5,100 



t2,775 

 {350 



Tons. 

 1847. 



t7,102 



1847. 



£ 



t3,895 



Company. 



Enstern Counties (Cambridge) 



Great North of England, 1,218 867 



Norfolk, .. • • 



Whitliy and Pickering, 777 1,109 



The receipts stand as follows : — 



1814. 1845. 1846. 



Oreat North of England, £1,378 £1,020 £ 



Norfolk, .. tl.730 



Whitby and Pickering, 777 330 1156 



* EstimatuJ. t Half-year. t Two months. 



The rates are high. The following are the rates per ton per 

 mile. 



London and Brijhton, S-GOd. 



Great North of England, 5'55 



■Whitby and Pickering, 5"00 



Preston and Wyre, 4'00 



London and South Western, 3- 

 Norfolk, . . 2-3 



The Great Western are known to carry a great quantity of fish 

 over the South Devon line. The receipts are said to be £250 per 

 week. 

 The traEBc of the lines given above maybe estimated as follows : 

 Eastern Counties (Cambridge) 5,100 tons. 



Great North of England, ' 1,000 „ 



Norfolk, .. 12,000 „ 



Wiiitby and Pickering, 1,100 „ 



Total, 19,200 



This is nearly 20,000 tons on four lines of railway, and not 

 including the Eastern Counties (Colchester), Brighton, South- 

 Western, Great Western, South-Eastern, Hull and Selby, Liver- 

 pool and Manchester, and Preston and Wyre. 



In 184.5, I estimated the railway traffic in fish at 13,000 tons, 

 which must have been much below the mark. 



The following is an estimate of the amount now conveyed :— 



Total, 43.000 



This traffic is very remunerative, and does not bring less than 

 10*. per ton. If parcels were taken into the account, the gross 

 tonnage offish carried may be reckoned as 70,000 tons; or, on the 

 lowest computation, the food of as many individuals. 



No. XVII.— GRAIN TFvAFFIC. 



The conveyance of grain and flour is irregular ; for though there 

 is a fixed quantity carried to the local markets, the import of 

 foreign corn is fluctuating. 



The returns for the years ending June 30, are as follows : — 



Company. 



Great North of England, 



Lancashire and Yorkshire, 



London and Croydon, 



Manchester and Bolton, 



Maryport and Carlisle, 



Norfolk, 



Slamannan, ,. 



Whitby and Pickering, 



Whitehaven, 



Wisbaw and Coltness, 



Tons. 

 1845. 

 5,901 



45 



229 



407 



Tons. 

 1846. 



Tons. 

 1847. 



•39,082 117,312 



2,434 

 •8,796 



»S9 



27 



1,333 



•4,351 



120 



•17,771 



2,624 



•44 



The amounts received in each of the years are as follows : — 



Company. 1845. 



Great North of England, £1,284 



Lancashire and Yorkshire, 



London and Croydon, 5 



Manchester and Bolton, — — 

 Maryport and Carlisle, 31 



Norfolk, . . 



Slamannan .. — 



Whitby and Pickering, 142 



Whitehaven, . . 



Wisbaw and CoUness, 



1846, 



£ . 



•13,176 



97 

 •1,091 



1847. 



£ 



"'36,260 



•415 

 13 



•2,082 

 282 



4 

 2 



48 



•4 



* Return for the half-year of grain end provisions. 



The rates are as follows, per ton per mile :— 



Bodmin, .. 4-00(7. 



Maryport and Carlisle, 4-00 



Whitby and Pickering, 4'00 



Whitehaven, . . 3-10 



Ballochney, . . 3-00 



AVishaw and Coltness, 2 32 



Lancashire and Y'orkshire, 2-29 



Arbroath and Forfar, 2-12 



■ Norfolk, .. 125 



The amount of grain and meal carried by railway is certainly 

 not under a quarter of a million of tons, and most probably exceeds 

 three hundred thousand tons. 



Througli the kindness of Mr. Waddington, I have been favoured 

 with the following return of grain, flour, and seed, carried for the 

 London markets by the Eastern Counties Railway. 



Half-year 

 ending 



June 20, 



1847. 

 Dec. 25, 

 1847. 

 June 24, 

 1348, to 

 Aug. 12, 

 1848. 



Flour. 



Sacks, 



126,269 

 113,365 

 149,957 



Malt. Wheat. 

 Qrs. Qrs. 



99,114 20,850 



81,688 ' 24,287 



I 



139,078 ; 26,649 



28,300 14,847 



Not knowing the average weights of the above, they cannot be 

 reduced into tons. 



No. XVIII.— PROVISION TRAFFIC. 



There are no means of estimating the provision traffic on rail- 

 ways ; but such returns as there are, show that it is very great. 



The following are returns of tlie number of tons of provisions 

 carried in each of tlie years ending June 30. The Lancashire and 

 Yorkshire, and Norfolk returns, already given, include corn ; the 

 Eastern Counties return is from Mr. Moseley, through Mr. Wad- 

 dington, and includes fish. 

 Company. 



Tons. 

 1845. 



Tons. 

 1846. 



Tons. 

 1847. 



30,000 



t3,968 117,312 

 8,412 5,220 



3.632 



40,655 



t8,796 tl7,771 



Eastern Counties, . . 



Lancashire and Yorkshire, . . 



Lancashire and Y'orkshire (Preston & Wyre), 8,521 



London and Brighton, .. 



London and South Western, 



Norfolk, . . 



South Eastern, .. '10,000 



* Fruit, meat, and vegetables, half-year, 3,583 tons, LeaideB fish, bacon, hams, &c. 

 t Half-year. 



The amounts received are as follows : — 



1845. 1846. 1847, 



Lancashire and-Yorkshire (Preston & Wyre), £2,591 £2,815 £1,740 



London and Brighton, .. —— 4,373 — 



The rates charged are as follows per ton per mile : — 

 London and Brighton, 5'69rf. 



Preston and Wyre, 400 



Loudon and South Western, 2-57 

 Ale and beer are carried largely on the South Western, New- 

 castle and Carlisle, and other lines. The rates on the London and 

 Soutli Western are 2-09a!. per ton per mile, and on the Durham 

 and Sunderland, 2d. 



To the tonnage of provisions must be added that of fish and 

 grain, which gives the following returns for 16t7 : — 



Fish.— Great North of England, 1 ,000 tons. 



Norfolk, .. 12,000 „ 



Whitby and Pickering, 1,100 „ 



Grai7i. — Great North of England, 6,000 „ 



Slamannan, .. 2,000 ,, 



Wishaw and CoUness, 1,300 „ 



Provisiom. — Eastern Counties, 30,000 , , 



Lancashire and Yorkshire, 117,312 „ 



„ Preston and Wyre, 5,220 „ 



London and Brighton, 3,632 „ 



London and South Western, 40,655 „ 



Norfolk, .. 25,000 „ 



South Eastern, .. 10,000 „ 



In 1845, I estimated the supply of provisions to the London 

 markets by railway as follows, to which I subjoin a new estimate. 

 This does not include cattle. 



